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  1. Louanne Learning

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    copulate - what you say to a police officer when he doesn't arrive on time
     
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    Snood - a dude who snoops frequently through his girlfriend’s phone to see if she’s cheating on him
     
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    iPlot. Behold! :D It's the brand new Apple-backed app to tell you the plot of a book, as soon as you pick it up off the shelf in the bookstore!!! :D

    And this worked just fine for about 5 seconds, until someone pointed out that the back-cover blurb was exactly for that.

    So, Apple spent $50 million dollars for nothing. In other words, a normal day for the Fruity Firm.

    iFlop. Apple does something boneheaded, but the Apple fanbois don't care, and other people give less than a stuff. So Apple gets away with it. As usual.

    iNod. Yet another app that lets you go off to the Land of Nod for about 30 minutes. Ideal for work.

    iGod. App that takes things to their logical conclusion by giving Apple god-like powers -- oh, wait. :(

    iFad. What an Apple product is these days.

    iLad.
    The average age of an Apple fanboi.

    iWad.
    What you need to buy an Apple product these days.

    iSad.
    What you would feel like after buying an Apple product these days...

    (Sorry, I know this is like shooting fish in a barrel) ;)
     
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    Let's resurrect this thread ... ;)

    Unicycle. A university for teaching people about both cycles and sickles. Perfect for Communist countries.

    Bicycle. Abandoning Communism. This is what the Russian Soviet Party thought that Freddie Mercury was singing about: "Bye, sickle! Bye, sickle!"

    There was a minor diplomatic stink about it.

    Tricycle. To combat the above, the Soviet Party launched its official party, inviting people from western countries to "try sickle". And once they were sucked in, they were immediately shipped off to a gulag. :twisted:

    And zhat vill teach you to make fun ov zhe Great Socialist Revolution, you dirty consumerist vestern pig, you!
     
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    palliate - Hannibal Lector's dinner
     
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    Trimester - A concept in project management related to "fail fast" process where by failing fast, developers learn what won't work and can quickly move on to a better approach. The first trimester is thus dedicated to trying to make a lot of mess as quickly as possible, so that the second and third trimesters can be used to learn from the mistakes of the first and improve the final product.
     
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    Trident - there are two definitions of this ancient word:
    1. Having only three teeth;
    2. Trying out new dentures.
     
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    Worthleast. When something is even less than "worthless".

    Roll. The less popular half-cousin of Rock.

    Refridge-deezer. A refrigerator/freezer combo. ;)

    Near-fetched. Believable (as opposed to "far-fetched" = "not believable").

    Fondon't. For people who don't like fondue. (Also possible: Fondon'tknow. I've never had a fondue. How would I know if I like it or not?)

    Chalant. Antsy and hyper (as opposed to "nonchalant", i.e. "relaxed and calm").

    M. Just one candy from a pack of M&Ms.
     
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    Snickerdoodle - A street artist who draws unflattering sitting portraits of tourists.
     
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    Zippery-doodah -- A man who stands on the street corner and gives people, um ... unexpected surprises. :rolleyes: There was even a song about him.
     
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    paragon - missing two
     
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    Does it have to be in an English dictionary?

    And I know we curse around here sometimes, but I decided to hide these anyway.
    Gracias - The state of one's posterior after sitting on a newly mown lawn
    Sofa king - Extremely (as in the phrase "sofa king good")

    I had a third one, but I don't want to get in trouble. It's sort of an adult joke. I wonder if I'd get in trouble if I used a spoiler.
     
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    A-ha! No-one said we couldn't use non-English words. ;) If that's the case, then ...

    Le Roi Soleil - A person called Roy who performs in a French circus.

    Buenas nachos - When you wish to greet a waiter at dinner, but accidentally compliment the restaurant's cooking.

    I'm sure there are more.
     
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    There was a company I know of in the UK called Sofa King, that used the exact phrase you quote as their marketing slogan.
     
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    Ditto in the US
     
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    celibate - what you use to catch a bargain
     
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    deliberate - the rate at which people acquire music by the French composer Léo Delibes, especially his opera Lakmé, which includes the well-known "Flower Duet".
     
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    attack: What you need to put leaflets on apinboard
     
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    masterbate (sic): what the lord of the manor does when his mistress is absent
     
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    A tax - according to some people, the best form of defense.
     
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    Sock it to me! - What people say to their washing machines/dryers after a sock goes missing.
     
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    deceive - what you call a goalie in Quebec who lets in too many goals
     
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    That's any goalie in any sport. Soccer comes to mind. ;)

    destroy - What Schliemann did to that site in Turkey. (This is a very specific definition and applies to no-one by Schliemann, in that site, in Turkey). :)
     
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    Paradox - a very small seaport
     
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    physical - a musical accompanied by soda pop bubbles ... fizz, fizz ...
     
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